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Publix Div. Raises $429K-plus for Local Nonprofits

16 area organizations benefited from annual fundraiser

June 24, 2012, 08:00 pm

Through its 2011 holiday Food For All point-of-purchase fundraiser, Publix Super Markets Lakeland division and its customers collectively raised $429,665.23 for area charitable organizations. The annual fundraiser, which features burgundy and gold boards stocked with $1, $3 and $5 donation coupons, appeared at checkout stands from Nov. 13 through Dec. 24, 2011. Customers give to the program by handing a donation coupon to a cashier to be scanned, and the amount is added to the customer’s grocery total. The 2010 campaign raised $354,239.76.

“We are so thankful for the continued generosity of our customers, and the dedication of Publix associates to our annual Food For All campaign,” said Shannon Patten, media and community relations manager for the division, which is located in central Florida . “In 2011, we increased our contributions by more than $75,000.”

Privately owned and operated by its 152,000 employees, Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix has 1,052 stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.

Alexandria, Va.-based Food For All is a 501(c)(3) charitable marketing organization that teams with thousands of grocery retailers nationwide to run POP fundraisers. Since 1985, Food For All has raised more than $76 million to fight hunger in the United States and around the world.